Best size for slide shows

Calhoun

Member Joined: Feb 03, 2018 17:29 Messages: 62 Offline

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Aug 23, 2019 11:24

HI:
I have to do some slide shows. I've done a a couple of them already in PD and had sized all of the pics to 500 pix wide. Everything went fine except that some of the pictures came out with "artifacting" where the pics have that somewhat blurry look.
I know that PD re-sizes the pics when it comes time to render, but I'd like to know what would be the best size to make the pics BEFORE putting them into PD. As mentioned I did them to 500 w.

Thanks for replies.

tomasc

Senior Contributor Joined: Aug 25, 2011 12:33 Messages: 6464 Offline

Aug 23, 2019 11:33

I would think that the majority of users here have either a UHD or a HD resolution television which is 1920 x 1080 pixels. Using PD16 I would resize them to at least the same resolution as the television screen which is much greater than the 500 pixels wide than you are resizing them to.

Calhoun

Member Joined: Feb 03, 2018 17:29 Messages: 62 Offline

Aug 23, 2019 11:51

Quote I would think that the majority of users here have either a UHD or a HD resolution television which is 1920 x 1080 pixels. Using PD16 I would resize them to at least the same resolution as the television screen which is much greater than the 500 pixels wide than you are resizing them to.

Thanks for the reply. I see how it works now.

AVPlayVideo

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Aug 23, 2019 16:13

Whenever possible I use photos larger than the resolution of the TV screen.
For very large photos 8, 12, 16, 24 Mpx I will give some treatment or just reduce size.
In PhotoDirector I export with size just above the TV. 1920x1080.
I have some profiles like this for photos (3x2 or 16x9) 2248 x 1500 resolution
“To make videos,” I think the editing work is light and avoids any Shaking in certain images.
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